Today we are expecting the weather to be cloudy with some drizzle in the morning and evening, otherwise sunny spells. with a chance of showers. Also light winds.

It's a two-clothing-layer day today with a high of 23 and an overnight low of 17 degrees. Humidity is 99 per cent.

Low tide is at 9.50am and high tide at 4pm. There's a sea swell of about .3m, with a sea temperature of 21 degrees. Sunset tonight is at 7.15pm.

If you're going fishing today the best fish bite time is between 8,30am and 10.30am and between 9pm and 11pm.

In NZ history on this day in 1883 the 'Sallies' came to New Zealand, Two English Salvation Army officers landed at Port Chalmers to set up a New Zealand branch of the Christian evangelical movement.

In 1984 caretaker and unionist Ernie Abbott was killed on by a bomb at Trades' Hall in Wellington's Vivian Street. The crime remains unsolved.

In world history on this day in 1866 President Andrew Johnson vetoed the civil rights bill, which later became the 14th amendment.

In 1884 the first long-distance telephone call was made from Boston to New York.

In 1899 the Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi achieved the first international radio transmission between England and France.

In 1912 the first cherry blossom trees, a gift from Japan, were planted in Washington, D.C. In 1933 some 55,000 people staged a protest against Hitler in New York.

In 1944 one thousand Jews left Drancy, France for the Auschwitz concentration camp.

In 1958 the United States announced a plan to explore space near the moon. In 1977, 583 died when a KLM 747 collided with a 747 flown by Pan Am on the island of Tenerife.

Today is the birthday of German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen. Born in 1845, he accidentally discovered X-rays.

He once said "If the hand be held between the discharge-tube and the screen, the darker shadow of the bones is seen within the slightly dark shadow-image of the hand itself... For brevity's sake I shall use the expression 'rays'; and to distinguish them from others of this name I shall call them 'X-rays'."

It's also the birthday of Sir Henry Royce, who was born in 1863 and was the cofounder of the Rolls-Royce automotive company. And today is the birthday of Edward Steichen who was born in 1879 and was the pioneer of American photography.

It's also the birthday of John Robinson Pierce. Born in 1910, he was the father of communications satellites.

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Have a great day!